Lymphatic and Immune System

aden/o

gland

agglutin/o

clumping; sticking together

angi/o

vessel (blood)

calc/o

calcium

eti/o

the cause of a disease or condition

iatr/o

physician; treatment

kal/i

potassium

ly/o

break down; dissolve; loosen

lymphaden/o

lymph node

lymphangi/o

lymphatic vessel

morph/o

shape; form

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

ser/o

serum; serous

splen/o

spleen

thym/o

thymus

tonsill/o

tonsils

tox/o

poison

vir/o

virus

en-

in; within

macro-

large

mega-

large

meta-

change; beyond

neo-

new

pro-

before; forward

-ation

process; condition

-blast

developing cell

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-cide

to kill

-crit

to separate

-emia

blood condition

-emic

pertaining to blood condition

-fuge

to separate by spinning

-fusion

to pour; to come together

-gen

substance that produces

-globulin

protein

-ia

condition

-in; -ine

chemical; chemical compound; substance

-logist

specialist

-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-phage

eat; swallow

-pheresis

removal

-phil; -philia

love; attraction for

-phoresis

transmission; carrying

-plasm

formation; structure

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage

rupture; bursting forth (of blood)

-sis

state; condition

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-suppression

to stop

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

IgE

immunoglobulin E

bands

immature white blood cells (granulocytes)

IgG

immunoglobulin G

baso

basophils

IgM

immunoglobulin M

CBC

complete blood count (consists of an RBC

lab

laboratory

CC; c/c

chief complaint

lymphs

lymphocytes

CT

computed tomography; computerized tomography

million/uL

million per microliter

cu mm

cubic millimeters

mono

monocytes

diff

differential

NK cells

natural killer cells

Dx

diagnosis

p̄

after

EBV

Epstein-Barr virus

PLT; plt

platelet; platelet or thrombocyte (clotting cell) count

eos

eosinophils

g/dL

grams per deciliter

RBC

red blood cell or erythrocyte; red blood cell or erythrocyte count

HBV

hepatitis B virus

Rm

room

HIB

Haemophilus influenzae bacteria

segs (polys)

segmented

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

STAT

immediately

Hx; hx

history

Strep A

group A Streptococcus bacterium

IgA

immunoglobulin A

WBC

white blood cell or leukocyte; white blood cell or leukocyte count

IgD

immunoglobulin D

WBC differential

measure of the percentage of different types of white blood cells present in the blood